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LED Sparks Create Energy Efficient Light Sculptures

LED Sparks Create Energy Efficient Light Sculptures

What if you could design your own lighting fixture in the time that it takes to unscrew a light bulb? That’s the premise behind Daniel Becker‘s Spark system, a series of energy-efficient LED

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Fabulous Flatpack Furniture

Fabulous Flatpack Furniture

Over at TreeHugger we are saps for furniture that can slide under your door; flatpack isn’t just made by IKEA. Designers like Eric Ku are doing it with humor, inventing a flatpack alphabet –

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Hangeliers: Clothes Hanger Chandeliers by Organelle Design

Hangeliers: Clothes Hanger Chandeliers by Organelle Design

Clothes hangers are clogging our landfills at a rate of nearly 8 billion per year. We’ve recently brought you designers who have been developing brilliant ways to tackle the problem through

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Japanese House Sprouts Spiraling Moss Walls

Japanese House Sprouts Spiraling Moss Walls

Awe-inspiring design may not grow on trees, but it sure can dress up walls! Last year, architecture and product design group Nendo Studio completed the renovation of this gorgeous Moss House private

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IS IT GREEN?: The Compact Fluorescent Light

IS IT GREEN?: The Compact Fluorescent Light

Shortly after Al Gore debuted An Inconvenient Truth the general public started giving a damn about climate change — at least superficially. And in a massive wave of effort to show off our new

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OLED Breakthrough Yields 75% More Efficient Lights

OLED Breakthrough Yields 75% More Efficient Lights

Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) recently announced a breakthrough in OLED technology that shatters all prior efficiency standards, reducing the ultra-thin

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Varian Designs’ Reclaimed Furniture Fuses Old with New

Varian Designs’ Reclaimed Furniture Fuses Old with New

Old bequeaths new in Varian Designs‘ beautiful reclaimed furniture, which blends found materials and craftsman techniques with a modern aesthetic. Each piece in this sustainably crafted line is

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Timberland Opens Eco-Friendly New York Store

Timberland Opens Eco-Friendly New York Store

The Timberland Company, known for it’s environmental stewardship and consistent ranking as one of America’s best companies to work for by Fortune and Working Mother Magazine, has just opened a

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BKLYN DESIGNS STARTS TOMORROW!

BKLYN DESIGNS STARTS TOMORROW!

HEY DESIGN LOVING NEW YORKERS! BKLYN Designs starts tomorrow and we couldn’t be more excited! Running from May 8-10, this awesome showcase of local furniture design kicks off NY Design Week, and is

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Inhabitat Giving Out Awards at BKYLN Designs 2009!

Inhabitat Giving Out Awards at BKYLN Designs 2009!

DRUMROLL PLEASE! New York Design Week is about to begin and we’re kicking things off this weekend with our first ever Green Design Awards at BKLYN Designs! Running from May 8-10, this incredible

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Milan 2009: PunkAlive Sustainably Sourced Furniture

Milan 2009: PunkAlive Sustainably Sourced Furniture

Where can one go to find breathtaking landscapes, artistic scenery and people with unique character? Punkaharju, Finland is one place, and PunkAlive goes to great measures to incorporate these qualities

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BKLYN Designs Begins Next Friday!

BKLYN Designs Begins Next Friday!

Heads up East Coast design junkies! BKLYN Designs, New York’s preeminent showcase of locally-sourced green design is kicking off next week from May 8th through the 10th, and Inhabitat will be on the

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Milan Furniture Fair Starts Next Week!

Milan Furniture Fair Starts Next Week!

Your favorite furniture fair is about to begin! Starting next week on Earth Day, the Salone Internazionale del Mobile will be in full swing from April 22nd through the 27th. We have a team of European

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Bendant Customizable Pendant Lamp

Bendant Customizable Pendant Lamp

So we know MIO’s Bendant chandelier has been around for a while, but like all good things, it’s worth revisiting—especially now, when embracing well designed, American-made products is more

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El Japonez: Glass Restaurant Lined with a Living Green Wall

El Japonez: Glass Restaurant Lined with a Living Green Wall

Located in Mexico City, Restaurant Japonez offers hungry souls searching for Asian-inspired dishes a serene landscape seated between a stunning living wall, wood, and an incredible glass enclosure.

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Indelibly Green Danish Kitchen Designs Hit New York

Indelibly Green Danish Kitchen Designs Hit New York

Danish architect Knud Kapper has drawn from the tradition of handmade, mid century furniture to create the new eco-friendly Living Kitchen Architecture series which was recently unveiled in New York. The

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INHABITOTS: Amenity Nursery Bedding Collection

INHABITOTS: Amenity Nursery Bedding Collection

While putting your toddler in the middle of the forest is probably not the smartest thing in the world, bringing the forest to their room might just do the trick. The Amenity Nursery Collection has just

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THE HOT FRIDGE

THE HOT FRIDGE

This made the rounds on the blogosphere a couple of days ago, but in case you missed it, the Hot Fridge is an experimental refrigerator design by RCA student Hae-jin Kim, which makes use of the heat waste

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DAYDREAMS MIRROR

DAYDREAMS MIRROR

Perfect for those moments when really wish you were somewhere else. Designed by Jason Miller, each Daydreams Mirror contains a tranquil nature image printed onto the reflective surface. When viewed, the

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LIVING WALL

LIVING WALL

At the University of Guelph, near Toronto, green design is a literal term. The new Humber building, designed by Toronto firm Diamond Schmitt Architects, Inc., uses a wall of plants as a living air

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PHOTO-REALISTIC WALL MURALS

PHOTO-REALISTIC WALL MURALS

Have you ever wanted to paint one of your walls with a tromp l’oeil forest scene, so that when you stared across your room, instead of staring at a white wall, you would feel like you were staring

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IMBROGLIO GRAPHIC CALENDAR

IMBROGLIO GRAPHIC CALENDAR

My favorite section of ICFF this year was the British section. As always, this area of the floor featured a lot of independent boutique designers offering unique and witty items such as this beautiful

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MOLO PAPER WALL

MOLO PAPER WALL

The hit product at ICFF this year appeared to be Molo’s softwall. This giant flexible wall made out of crenellated paper was on display everywhere. It was prominent not only in Molo’s booth,

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SMART.SPACE

SMART.SPACE

Have you ever dreamed about living in a super futuristic apartment with movable walls, foldable furniture and multifunction appliances? (I’m not the only one, am I?) If you have ? integrated design

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TETRIS SHELVING

TETRIS SHELVING

Yesterday at BKLYN DESIGNS, I came across this fabulous storage systems made out of modular TETRIS-shaped blocks. This design, by Brooklyn company Brave Space, is intended for “Life-size

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MORE DOORS

MORE DOORS

Okay, so I know I am writing a lot about doors recently. I just can’t resist. Finally door design is becoming about more than just blocking or facilitating movement into a space. About time! Urban

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DOOR OF SECRETS

DOOR OF SECRETS

Hmmm. Another rising Dutch design star, another door. I don’t usually wax this lyrical about doors, but then I haven’t seen so many interesting doors in a long time. Marjet Wessels

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MELODY DOOR

MELODY DOOR

Design Boom has recently announced the results of its Door to Paradise Competition, and the winning design is melodious. Dominic Muren?s Melody Door looks like a modernist wood version of an organ. The

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